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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
The Supreme Court ruling was highly publicized. The highly-publicized Supreme Court ruling requires that suspects who are in custody receive information regarding their rights.
It depends on whether it is modifying a noun or not. I'm sure dtb will provide greater detail and clarity, but that is the short of it.
ETA: I have read the other advice on this subject, and I am standing by my statement. It is not clear to me whether sunny's usage of the phrase required hyphenation or not.
EFTA: I was not aware of the adverb usage exception. I'll take hte grammar nerds' word for it though. Luckily I write only in simple sentences, so the issue never arises.
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Does it change if there are double hyphens?
- The co-sign of the loan was ill advised. The ill-advised co-sign will cost her.
